After facing quite the scare last time out against Turkey, Team USA didn’t face a single second of adversity Thursday as they finished out their first group stage against Japan.
The Americans absolutely obliterated Japan with a 98-43 wire-to-wire victory that maintains their undefeated run at the 2019 FIBA World Cup and advance out of Group E.
Team USA quickly climbed to double digits two and a half minutes into the contest as Japan struggled to find their first points until the 5:20 mark of the first quarter.
That obviously set the tone for how the morning’s proceedings would go for the USA as they didn’t rest on their laurels to build on their incredible margin over the Japanese, leading by as much as a whopping 60 points midway through the fourth quarter.